Failed Frontiersmen
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Failed Frontiersmen
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Author : James J. Donahue
language : en
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Release Date : 2015-02-04
Failed Frontiersmen written by James J. Donahue and has been published by University of Virginia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-04 with Literary Criticism categories.
In Failed Frontiersmen, James Donahue writes that one of the founding and most persistent mythologies of the United States is that of the American frontier. Looking at a selection of twentieth-century American male fiction writers—E. L. Doctorow, John Barth, Thomas Pynchon, Ishmael Reed, Gerald Vizenor, and Cormac McCarthy—he shows how they reevaluated the historical romance of frontier mythology in response to the social and political movements of the 1960s (particularly regarding the Vietnam War, civil rights, and the treatment of Native Americans). Although these writers focus on different moments in American history and different geographic locations, the author reveals their commonly held belief that the frontier mythology failed to deliver on its promises of cultural stability and political advancement, especially in the face of the multicultural crucible of the 1960s. Cultural Frames, Framing Culture American Literatures Initiative
The True Tales Of The Most Famous Frontiersmen
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Author : Charles Haven Ladd Johnston
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2023-12-22
The True Tales Of The Most Famous Frontiersmen written by Charles Haven Ladd Johnston and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-22 with History categories.
In "The True Tales of The Most Famous Frontiersmen," Charles Haven Ladd Johnston embarks on a remarkable journey through the annals of American history, chronicling the lives of iconic figures who helped shape the frontier. With a blend of meticulous research and vivid narrative style, Johnston brings to life the trials and tribulations faced by frontiersmen such as Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett. The book deftly balances historical accuracy with storytelling flair, immersing readers in the grit and glory of the wilderness era while contextualizing these figures within the broader tapestry of American expansion and myth-making. Charles Haven Ladd Johnston, an astute historian and passionate chronicler of the American frontier, has dedicated much of his literary career to investigating the complexities of early American identity. Drawing from a rich background in history and a deep-seated admiration for the spirit of adventure, Johnston'Äôs work reflects a desire to honor the legacy of those who paved the way for the nation'Äôs westward expansion. His nuanced understanding of frontier life, coupled with an engaging narrative style, allows him to breathe life into historical accounts often shrouded in legend. For readers captivated by American history, adventure, or the virtues of resilience, 'ÄúThe True Tales of The Most Famous Frontiersmen'Äù offers a compelling exploration of the men whose lives forged a national mythology. Johnston'Äôs eloquent prose and thorough examination of these historical figures will provide both scholarly insight and an inviting gateway into the dynamic and often perilous world of frontier America.
Founders And Frontiersmen
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Author : United States. National Park Service
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1967
Founders And Frontiersmen written by United States. National Park Service and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with Frontier and pioneer life categories.
Founders And Frontiersmen
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
Founders And Frontiersmen written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with Historic buildings categories.
The Frontiersmen
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Author : Allen W. Eckert
language : en
Publisher: Jesse Stuart Foundation
Release Date : 2011
The Frontiersmen written by Allen W. Eckert and has been published by Jesse Stuart Foundation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Fiction categories.
The frontiersmen were a remarkable breed of men. They were often rough and illiterate, sometimes brutal and vicious, often seeking an escape in the wilderness of mid-America from crimes committed back east. In the beautiful but deadly country which would one day come to be known as West Virginia, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, more often than not they left their bones to bleach beside forest paths or on the banks of the Ohio River, victims of Indians who claimed the vast virgin territory and strove to turn back the growing tide of whites. These frontiersmen are the subjects of Allan W. Eckert's dramatic history. Against the background of such names as George Rogers Clark, Daniel Boone, Arthur St. Clair, Anthony Wayne, Simon Girty and William Henry Harrison, Eckert has recreated the life of one of America's most outstanding heroes, Simon Kenton. Kenton's role in opening the Northwest Territory to settlement more than rivaled that of his friend Daniel Boone. By his eighteenth birthday, Kenton had already won frontier renown as woodsman, fighter and scout. His incredible physical strength and endurance, his great dignity and innate kindness made him the ideal prototype of the frontier hero. Yet there is another story to The Frontiersmen. It is equally the story of one of history's greatest leaders, whose misfortune was to be born to a doomed cause and a dying race. Tecumseh, the brilliant Shawnee chief, welded together by the sheer force of his intellect and charisma an incredible Indian confederacy that came desperately close to breaking the thrust of the white man's westward expansion. Like Kenton, Tecumseh was the paragon of his people's virtues, and the story of his life, in Allan Eckert's hands, reveals most profoundly the grandeur and the tragedy of the American Indian. No less importantly, The Frontiersmen is the story of wilderness America itself, its penetration and settlement, and it is Eckert's particular grace to be able to evoke life and meaning from the raw facts of this story. In The Frontiersmen not only do we care about our long-forgotten fathers, we live again with them.
God Guns And Government On The Central Australian Frontier
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Author : Peter Vallee
language : en
Publisher: Restoration
Release Date : 2007
God Guns And Government On The Central Australian Frontier written by Peter Vallee and has been published by Restoration this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Was Mounted Constable William Willshire really the cold-blooded killer of 'literally thousands' of Aboriginal people in Central Australia? Or was he the first white man to write a love poem to an Aboriginal woman? Was he both? Did the Finke River missionaries imprison and beat their recalcitrant converts, or did they mark out a future path for a people abandoned by South Australian society? Did the mission connive at the murder of the men who opposed them? Did they really convert anyone to Lutheran Christianity? And what did the people and governments of South Australia know and care about their northern frontier? Could a policeman be hanged for murder? This book goes beyond the stereotypes to answer these questions. It brings back to life some remarkable people.
Navigating Faith Power And Security
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Author : Mario Šain
language : en
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
Release Date :
Navigating Faith Power And Security written by Mario Šain and has been published by LIT Verlag Münster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Journey back to a turbulent period in European history with this comprehensive exploration of the position of the Serbian-Orthodox minority in the Habsburg Monarchy. Following the so-called “Great Migration” of 1690, the Orthodox faced numerous challenges as they sought to maintain their religious and cultural identity within the Habsburg Empire. This book delves into the strategies they employed to navigate political, social, and religious pressures, highlighting their resilience and adaptability in the face of adversity. Moreover, it investigates the dynamics of security surrounding their status as a religious minority. By analyzing the perception of these events in both Serbian and international historiography, and incorporating new archival materials, the book offers a variety of fresh perspectives from both macro and micro-historical outlooks.
Not Quite White
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Author : Matt Wray
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2006-11-03
Not Quite White written by Matt Wray and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-11-03 with Social Science categories.
White trash. The phrase conjures up images of dirty rural folk who are poor, ignorant, violent, and incestuous. But where did this stigmatizing phrase come from? And why do these stereotypes persist? Matt Wray answers these and other questions by delving into the long history behind this term of abuse and others like it. Ranging from the early 1700s to the early 1900s, Not Quite White documents the origins and transformations of the multiple meanings projected onto poor rural whites in the United States. Wray draws on a wide variety of primary sources—literary texts, folklore, diaries and journals, medical and scientific articles, social scientific analyses—to construct a dense archive of changing collective representations of poor whites. Of crucial importance are the ideas about poor whites that circulated through early-twentieth-century public health campaigns, such as hookworm eradication and eugenic reforms. In these crusades, impoverished whites, particularly but not exclusively in the American South, were targeted for interventions by sanitarians who viewed them as “filthy, lazy crackers” in need of racial uplift and by eugenicists who viewed them as a “feebleminded menace” to the white race, threats that needed to be confined and involuntarily sterilized. Part historical inquiry and part sociological investigation, Not Quite White demonstrates the power of social categories and boundaries to shape social relationships and institutions, to invent groups where none exist, and to influence policies and legislation that end up harming the very people they aim to help. It illuminates not only the cultural significance and consequences of poor white stereotypes but also how dominant whites exploited and expanded these stereotypes to bolster and defend their own fragile claims to whiteness.
The Mexican Frontier 1821 1846
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Author : David J. Weber
language : en
Publisher: UNM Press
Release Date : 1982-06
The Mexican Frontier 1821 1846 written by David J. Weber and has been published by UNM Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982-06 with History categories.
Reinterprets borderlands history from the Mexican perspective.
Frontiersmen In Blue
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Author : Robert Marshall Utley
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 1967-01-01
Frontiersmen In Blue written by Robert Marshall Utley and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967-01-01 with History categories.
Frontiersmen in Blue is a comprehensive history of the achievements and failures of the United States Regular and Volunteer Armies that confronted the Indian tribes of the West in the two decades between the Mexican War and the close of the Civil War. Between 1848 and 1865 the men in blue fought nearly all of the western tribes. Robert Utley describes many of these skirmishes in consummate detail, including descriptions of garrison life that was sometimes agonizingly isolated, sometimes caught in the lightning moments of desperate battle.